Stone Imperial Russian Stout

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Escondido, California USA

Pours a tan, lacing head with an opaque, dark brown body. Smells of coffee, milk chocolate, and bubblegum. Flavor is roast, bubblegum, coffee, milk chocolate. Finish has an excellent hop bitterness with a coffee profile.

Bottle claims to be limited spring 2007 edition. This review starts with the horrible image of beercronic deep throating the bottle while crouched in ball because we did the entire review within the confines of the conversation hut. Dark brown to black body very dark brown cap that wasn’t all that thick. Aroma is very smooth , coffee, not bitter chocolate, possibly blue berry but this might only because gully swears he smells it, possibly some liquorish, and I think cinnamon. This smell fairly similar to most other impy stouts only this is a billion times better. Sweet smooth coffee, chocolate cinnamon, fresh baked bread, peach, this taste is fawking awesome. It like liquid dessert. The chocolate is so rich without being overly bitter. Alcohol comes through very mildly. Mouth feel is beyond smooth and creamy. Burnt marshmallow is showing up in the finish or this could possibly be vanilla. Just like the aroma the taste isn’t all that different from other impy stouts it’s just way better than them somehow. I’m starting to taste nut now that the beer is warm. This truly lives up to its hype and the stupid high Quality of Stone beers. I would gladly trade buddy the cat for another bottle.

This is finally available in Texas! Looks as black as possible with a little brown head. Smells of coffee, roasted malts. Flavor was very smooth and balanced with coffee, chocolate, a little hop bitterness to balance it all out. Very good but I liked Black Albert more.

Black with a thick cappuccino head. Aromas of caramel, smoke, coffee, chocolate. Great palate, thick and creamy. Tastes of coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malts, black/purple fruits. Slightly lactic. Finishes bitter. Solid but not my favorite.

I’ve been searching for this beer for a couple years now and was awestruck when I saw this on the shelf here in Orlando. Pours a beautiful black with a medium creamy, tan head. The aroma is huge with milk and bittersweet chocolate, malt, and coffee. At first sip you are welcomed with creamy milk chocolate and malt, drinks so smooth. This beer really comes into its own as it warms down and dark fruits emerge (black currant, plum, maybe a little raspberry). It’s quite scary how smooth and drinkable this big stout is. This beer has lived up to its hype and will definetly be at the top of my list of imperial stouts. Stone is a very special brewery.

Bomber, pours a black color with a medium tan brown head. Aroma has coffee and chocolate smells like a typical imperial stout. Taste of coffee with a hint of sweet to the aftertaste, alcohol is hidden very well. Very smooth.

Bomber. A big murky beer with a medium brown head. Lots and lots of coffee and chocolate in the aroma, just very roasty as a whole. These aromas, of course, show through in the flavor as well, accompanied by a deep plum-like fruitiness and some hops at the back end. Smooth. Definitely a well-crafted brew. Still, to me it doesn’t quite stand up to the immense complexity and depth of other impy stouts like Oak Aged Yeti. I’d definitely drink it again, regardless.

..and i don’t like the contraction, apostrophe E-M,..as far as i am concerned his name is "Dig Them". You’re not welcome here, Dig Them ... Pours a darkest of the dark brown-black , with a fantastic hearty dark coco head, big with great lacing .. . wow, so easy to drink, the abv is so well hidden , great roast level and a balance that is hard to beat!.. . for a pretty widely available RIS, this is fan-freakin-frakin-flippin-sex orgy in the living room-tastic!!!.. . Aromas include sharp molasses, dark coco chocolate, light alcohol, maduro tobacco leave, dark dark hard wood .. . has really distracted me from the Dig ’em fiasco! .. . . This could get you in trouble with its super smoothness, but it maybe lacks abit of complexity for me, there are definitely better Imperial Stouts, but at the somewhat decent price and availability, i can see why people talk... . I will also say, i bought a couple of bottles, and plan on re-rating after a year.. . .. You just got dunked on by Patrick Chewing!